SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 27

(By Senators Fitzsimmons, Beach, Cann, Chafin, Cookman, Edgell, Facemire, Kirkendoll, Williams, Yost, Snyder and Green)

Amending the Rules of the Senate, relating to witnesses before committees.

    Resolved by the Senate:

    That the Rules of the Senate be amended by adding thereto a new rule as follows:

Witnesses Before Committees

    28A. Every committee of the Senate may upon its own motion administer oaths to any witness appearing before the committee at any hearing or during the deliberations of any committee. If any witness to whom an oath has been administered refuses to answer a question put to the witness by any member of the committee, the committee may report the refusal to the Senate and upon motion duly made by any member of the Senate, the Senate may cause to be issued a subpoena to compel the witness to appear before the committee to give testimony. Upon appearance pursuant to subpoena the witness may be questioned by the chair and any member of the committee. The Clerk of the Senate, the chair of the committee and, in the absence of the chair, any member of the committee may administer the oath to the witness and may require that the oath be subscribed to by the witness.